Why the Bush Doctrine Failed: And How an Inadequate Understanding of Liberal Democracy and the Islamic Resurgence Continues to Cripple U.S. Foreign Policy

Thesis advisor: Dennis Hale This dissertation aims to evaluate the utility of democracy promotion in the Middle East to U.S. foreign policy; in particular, it asks why the Arab-Islamic world has proven uniquely resistant to liberal democracy. The overall argument is that an inadequate theoretical un...

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Main Author: Pidluzny, Jonathan William
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2012
Subjects:
Democracy
Iraq
Islam
Liberalism
Middle East
Terrorism
Hale
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3923

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